Today was my first official day of training for the Cellcom Green Bay Half Marathon!
The race is less than 8 weeks away (on May 15th!), which doesn’t seem all that far away! I am using one of my older training plans for the last two half marathons I ran in 2009. I may still do a little tweaking to it.
Half Marathon
Training Plan
|
Week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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1
|
Rest |
Run 3 miles |
X-train/ |
Run 3.5 miles |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 4 miles |
|
2
|
Rest |
Run 3 miles: hills |
X-train/ |
Run 3.5 miles |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 5 miles |
|
3
|
Rest |
Run 3.5 miles: speed |
X-train/ |
Run 4 miles |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 6.5 miles |
|
4
|
Rest |
Run 3 miles: hills |
X-train/ |
Run 4 miles: tempo |
X-train |
Run 3 miles Strength |
Run 8 miles |
|
5
|
Rest |
Run 4 miles: speed |
X-train/ |
Run 4 miles: tempo |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 9.5 miles |
|
6
|
Rest |
Run 5 miles: hills |
X-train/ |
Run 4 miles: tempo |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 10 miles |
|
7
|
Rest |
Run 5 miles: speed |
X-train/ |
Run 5 miles: tempo |
X-train |
Run 3 miles |
Run 12 miles |
|
8
|
Rest |
Run 5 miles: hills |
X-train/ |
Run 4.5 miles (tempo) |
X-train or run 3 miles |
Rest |
Half marathon! |
As you may notice, today should be a “rest” day, but I have a full day tomorrow, so I flopped days.
I ran 3 miles in 29:38 and managed a negative split.
I really don’t like running at night. My legs feel like lead, my stomach often cramps from running after dinner, and I feel a little too wired afterwards to go to sleep right away. Eventually, I’d like to knock out these Tuesday runs in the morning, but then there is the problem of waking up early… 
In other news, we are on week 4 of our kitchen remodel. I am so ready for this project to be over! Keith is hoping to put a coat of primer on the walls tonight. It looks like we are still on track for getting the cabinets and countertop installed on April 1st!
